You know what: we weren’t near a computer yesterday and we predicted that last comment.

We hadn’t paid much attention to the image when we uploaded it, but suddenly, in the middle of yesterday afternoon, we had this feeling that it hadn’t pitched in line with the stumps and that someone would point this out in the comments.

No Lèse Majesté intended. My irritation is with the laws. When a correct decision isn’t obvious to such stalwarts of the game as your good self, then the rule is too complicated. Wikipedia has an article on LBW that is twice as long as the article on Caught, and three times as long as the article on Bowled.

What gets on my waz is perfectly exemplified by your Hawkeye snap. If the batsman is right handed, then we trust the umpire to be able to decide whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not. But with exactly the same trajectory to a left-handed batsman, we don’t think that the umpire can decide properly. Eh? What possible difference does the way the batsman is facing make to the difficulty of making the decision?